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Mr. Andy Wirth And Reno’s Clean Power Plan

The Reno City Council has recently voted to support the Clean Power Plan, which is a vow taken by the city of Reno to distance the city from using coal and other forms of energy that leave a heavy carbon footprint. Mr. Andy Wirth has been at the front of Reno’s push towards clean energy, who is a business executive.

Mr. Andy Wirth is known for being the CEO of Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, which is a parent company of other hotel and restaurant management companies. Mr. Wirth attended college at Colorado State University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree. After CSU, Mr. Wirth decided to attend college at the prestigious Edinburgh University in Scotland.

Andy Wirth started working for Squaw Valley in 2010, when he was asked to step in as CEO behind Mrs. Nancy Cushing. He is still the CEO of the company, and was actually featured on the hit television show Undercover Boss in 2013, where he performed an audit of Squaw Valley. He is currently married to his wife, Karen deRidder, and lives in California with her and his three children.

Mr. Wirth and the Reno City Council have realized that the environment continually changes as humans increase their carbon footprint. One man can’t change the world on his own, but Mr. Wirth is trying to change the views of business owners and politicians who do not understand how important climate change truly is.

Tesla, Microsoft, and Apple are three leading companies that are known to carry out their operations as “green” companies, and Wirth has urged businesses in Reno to follow in these companies’ footsteps to better the environment. Although the effects of an environment changed by humans are not apparent yet, they are looming in Earth’s horizons.

The idea of clean, renewable energy that does not leave a heavy footprint is not on behalf of any religion or political party, which leaves no good reason as to why people not respect clean, green energy. It is almost impossible for all cities to get rid of all coal or petroleum energy, but it is feasible for companies in Reno to start utilizing green energy wherever possible.